Weekly Photo Challenge Oct 2nd - Oct 8th "Damaged"

Needa

Needa

Senior Member
Challenge Team
"Damaged" – Needa's Choice


Subject: Damaged
Let's see how creative you can be! Color, B&W, HDR...anything goes!

DO NOT SHOOT OR POST IMAGES UNTIL WEDNESDAY October 2nd.
This early announcement of the topic is to give a little think time, before the challenge begins. Photos must be taken and submitted between 00:00 UTC of the start date and 23:59 UTC of the end date.

If the forum EXIF viewer does not show for any reason, listing the camera and capture date/time below the photo is acceptable. Listing exposure info, lens & focal length is encouraged so others can learn.

The Rules

1. Any photo submitted for the Weekly Photo Challenge must be taken using a Nikon Camera! Any photo submitted for a weekly challenge must be taken during the dates specified in the challenge thread and taken by YOU including all parts of composites!

2. If the EXIF does not show using a browser EXIF app, listing the camera and capture date/time below the photo is required. Listing exposure info, lens & focal length is encouraged so others can learn.

3. Photos must be posted in this thread to be considered. Links to photos will not be considered an entry (In other words, no Flikr, Photobucket, or similar links)

4. Only one photo entry per member for each week, unless otherwise noted. It is acceptable to delete a post and submit a new entry, replacing the image within a post is not.

5. All regularly active members of Nikonites are allowed to participate, including moderators and administrators.

Voting

During the submission & like periods, please click the Thanks/Like button to vote for your favorite images. You can vote for as many as you want! At the end of the week, you will have the opportunity to vote for the top 3 photos for this challenge!


There will be no cash or prizes awarded for the Weekly Photo Challenges, unless specifically noted by the site administrator.

Any photo will be accepted for the challenge. Edited or straight out of the camera, it does not matter. You are left with complete freedom to do whatever genre of photography you wish to do, and your own interpretation of the challenge subject.
 
Blue439

Blue439

New member
Now, I really meant to participate in this “Damaged” challenge, but when thinking about it and walking around the house, in the garage, through the garden, in the shed and more generally all over the property, believe it or not but I realized to my great shame (or not?) that I do not seem to own anything that could truly be called “damaged”... except for that broken-and-fixed squarish black bowl of my wife’s (her Japanese kintsugi work), but I cannot use that as I already included it in the “Containers” theme photo for the September challenge.

Yikes! Old and used, yes —damaged, no.

Finally, my wife suggested that I use the one of her favorite large cups that I managed to chip some time ago while putting it in the kitchen sink. I was saved.

Nikon Z7 II, Micro-Nikkor Z MC 105mm, ƒ/2.8 S macro lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting (two cobra flashes). Composite shot made of 68 focus-stacked exposure, using the built-in function on the camera —in other words, first the camera, then the computer, did all the work while I was watching a movie. Stack processed with Helicon Focus, Method B (depth map). Details of lighting and gear available if desired.

mug_chipped_helicon68.jpg
 
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Clovishound

Clovishound

Senior Member
A little background, a lot of Charleston SC buildings were damaged during the "big one" Aug 31, 1886. Instead of rebuilding, many of the damaged homes were repaired using "earthquake bolts'. These were large, extremely long bolts that spanned from wall to wall in the building. Caps were placed like a large washer, and the bolts were tightened to bring the walls back to plumb, and give them extra support. There are 3 of these showing in the picture. A great many of these buildings are still standing and being used. As a side note, my wife's grandmother was born the same year as the earthquake.

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